Well, today we're going to talk about a subject that is not often discussed in churches

for a variety of reasons.

It's one that impacts more people and more families than most people can choose to admit.

It's a horrible problem that often goes unreported or unrecognized.

Today, we're going to talk about abuse.

What I'm also going to do today is not easy to do, but I'm going to get very personal

with you.

I'm going to share something that I've never shared publicly before.

If you would ask me years ago, Craig, or you ever abused, I would have said confidently,

no.

Not me.

I was never, never went through anything like that.

But as I've grown in experience, I've learned to recognize that what I thought was normal

growing up in an alcoholic home wasn't normal at all.

And like so many others, I experienced abuse.

Sadly, and tragically, so many of you had similar experiences.

Many of you much, much worse.

I can tell you some statistics about it.

They are likely to be very, very incomplete.

Because like I said, so much of the horrible treatment that goes on, goes unreported or

is unrecognized.

But what we do know from studies, I want to show you, so you understand why we're talking

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